No Dancin' Lyrics by Elvis Costello

Oh, I know that she has made a fool of himLike many girls have done so many times beforeTime and time againBut he's so strange, I don't know whyBut somebody, somebody has to cryThere's gonna be no dancing when they get home

There's gonna be no dancingThere's gonna be no dancingThere's gonna be no dancing when they get home

Now he's telling her every little thing he's doneOnce he glanced at the jackets of some paperbacksNow he's read every oneHe's such a drag (He's such a drag)He's not insane (He's not insane)It's just that everybody has to feel his painThere's gonna be no dancing when they get home

He's getting down on his kneesHe finds that her brother's not so easy to please, oh, ohAfter all, his rights were just a paper stripteaseShe's caught it like some disease

If he says "No dancing"There's gonna be no dancingThere's gonna be no dancing on my own

She can't even speak to him, he can't face her nowHe says, "Even though I want to shake your handAll I ever do is bowSo now do you see, how can it be?Why can't you give me anythin' but sympathy?"

There's gonna be no dancingThere's gonna be no dancingThere's gonna be no dancingThere's gonna be no dancingThere's gonna be no dancing on my own